Your smartphone holds your entire life, making it a prime target for hackers and spies. Here's how to protect it.

With ironic timing, just as Samsung confirms its latest crackdown on apps installed from outside official app stores, here comes another alarming warning showing just why it’s making those changes.

Sting once sang, “Every breath you take, every move you make, I’ll be watching you.” Little did the artist know that he’d just created a mission statement for spyware, programs that infect tech ...

Attackers sidestep encryption with spoofed apps and zero-click exploits to compromise 'high-value' mobile users CISA has ...

A new Android spyware called ClayRat is luring potential victims by posing as popular apps and services like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube. The malware is targeting Russian users ...

A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform's official app store. Bitdefender first documented Mandrake ...

Facepalm: Theoretically, antimalware software should work to protect users' data from cybercrime. However, a newly discovered spyware campaign targeting Android devices is doing the opposite while ...

UPDATE: Google’s spokesperson reached out with a statement. The company has confirmed “that users are automatically protected from known versions of this spyware by Google Play Protect, which is on by ...

Imagine police pulling you over for a routine traffic stop and then taking you to the station. After your release, you notice your phone behaving suspiciously. This is what happened to Serbian ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Researchers have discovered seven new Pegasus spyware infections targeting journalists, government officials, and corporate executives that started several years ago and span both iPhone and Android ...

Google has announced an October security update for all Android users that addresses more than 50 vulnerabilities and includes fixes for two zero-days already known to be exploited by malicious ...